196 Yes, Real Fraises des Bois . . . . . DEAR MRS. RICHARDS: Can you think of a nicer or more unique remem- brance than 12 husky plants of Fraises des Bois (Wild Strawberries from France) for those gourmet- gardening friends of yours? These berries were de- veloped by us from French stock. They are called Charles V-after the French ruler who first (in 1365 A.D.) brought wild strawberries from the woods and cultivated them in the gardens of the louvre. Fraises des Bois begin bearing luscious fruit the end of June and do not stop bearing until frost. Yes, they do, Mrs. Richards, they certainly do, and they require nothing but sun and water. Also, these plants (clumps of cool green leaves, white blossoms and red berries) make delightful edging plants for borders, for they grow upright (8" high, 12" diameter) and do not throw runners. We provide propagating instructions so that anyone startmg with only 12 plants of Charles V can multiply them into fifty or a hundred plants in two to three years, enough to supply ample servings of this gourmet's delight every week. This is the present that can't go wrong, because we won't let it. Here's the way you send Fraises des Bois as Christmas gifts. Give us the names of those whom you wish to remember. We send gift cards now, then ship the plants early next spring (Florida and California orders shipped for Christmas). One dozen Charles V $8.95. Larger quantities to one address: 25 for $14.95; 50 for $21.50. Delivery free. Be sure to enclose gift cards, addresses and other instructions. And please do it now, for there isn't much time left before Chrlstmas.-Amos Pettingill. WHITE FLOWER FARM Rare Plantsmen Litchfield 12. Connecticut Letter to Our Dear, Dear, Dear . . . Dearest Mrs. Richards: Amaryllis, imported Dutch Warm- enhoven Amaryllis, are for those people who have everything, ex- cept Warmenhoven Amaryllis. Is it an impressive gift? Well, is a bulb bigger than your fist impressive? It is to us, but nothing compared to the huge flowers that bloom a few weeks later-up to four 10-lnch flowers on each stalk. Many bulbs throw two stalks. Grow them in a sunny window. This is the perfect "not-too- little-or-too-much" remembrance. Each of these out-size bulbs is guaranteed 10 bloom-this year. That's the guarantee, Mrs. R., and no fooling. If the simple instructions (in- cluded in each package) are followed, the bulb will grow bigger and bigger, throw more and more flowers winter after winter in city or coun- try. Yes, it will. Colors? Nearly the rainbow. Lovely Pure White, Red, Pink, Salmon, and Rose and White. (Please indicate second choice of color.) The price? $5.95 each, ready to grow in 6-inch pots, postage free east of the Mississippi River. (Add 15 cents for delivery to states west of the River; add $1.00 to Gulf States west of the River and Pacific Coast states.) Unpotted bulbs $4.95 each, postpaid anywhere in continental U.S.A. We enclose your card in the attractive package. Your mstructions promptly, Mrs. Richards, promptly.-Sincerely, Amos Pettingill WHITE FLOWER FARM Litchfield 12. Connecticut - \',., ' ? h W , 'iJ. ", THE. CUR.R.E.NT CINE.MA So Who's Laughing? T HE late W. C. , rt 5. I Fields is credit- ed with the remark S ,4ICJJ V ç that anybody who /srMt hates children and 1 #JÞ;U tù- dogs can't be all bad. iY\hs U UUULJL "iL/i) " Joseph FIelds and ':..) Jerome Chodorov, ,. :. ,... \ the authors of the I.., \ , ."' , film called "Happy ...I.\nniversary," are obviously in agree- ment with the great man, and have add- ed a codicil to his judgment to include television. In advancing this notion, they present us with a gentleman (Da- vid Niven) who is determined to rear his children without benefit of a small screen mostly dedicated to the exploits of unsanitary cow hands. U nfortunate- Iy, in the course of one of the annual cele brations of his marriage, his stuffy in-laws present him with a TV set. Well, as you can imagine, this causes some consternation on Mr. Niven's part, and affords us many a merry chuckle over his children's fascination with the Zane Grey TV Theatre. Our hero, de- termined to get even with his wife s parents, then announces that for some time before he and their daughter took up legal lodgings in Gramercy Park they were living in sin in assorted Man- hattan pads. This naturally creates quite an uproar in the family circle, but I must say that I was not titillated by the subsequent developments. 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